The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has agreed to temporarily perform oil production cuts. The production cuts will commence on January 1, 2017, and total 1.2 million barrels per day. Russia and others will also cut 600,000 mmbpd. READ MORESHARE

Jason Wangler, senior vice president and equity analyst at Wunderlich Securities, previously selected by the Wall Street Journal as a “Best on the Street,” analyst, spoke with The Bakken Magazine on OPEC and U.S. shale. READ MORESHARE

Baker Hughes, CSL Capital Management and West Street Energy Partners have reached an agreement to form a new North American company providing hydraulic fracturing and cementing services. The company will operate under the BJ Services brand. READ MORESHARE

As winter weather worsened in North Dakota and evacuations of Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps were ordered, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven urged the Corp of Engineers to grant the final easement it's already approved for a Missouri River crossing. READ MORESHARE

A compilation of information on global oil supply by country/region, global oil consumption by country/region, oil produced from each U.S. shale region, DUCs by U.S. shale play and regional production change from 2015 to 2016. READ MORESHARE

A mobile proppant distribution system manufacturer is tripling its manufacturing rate to meet customer demand. Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, a Houston-based entity formed in 2014, believes per well proppant increases will continue to happen. READ MORESHARE